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water.

The Oldest bank note in existence is said to
be one now preserved in the Asiatic museum
at ST. Petersburg. Its date corresponds to
1899 b. c.. 1t was issued by the Chinese gov
bank notes were current in China under the
name of flying money" This note bears
the name of the Imperial Bank, date and
number of issue, and the signature of a mang
DARN, and contains even list of the punish
ments to be inflicted for forgery of notes.
This relic of 5000 years ago was probably
written by hand, as the earliest record Of
printing among the Mongalians was 100 A.
d., when the use of wo,dcn tablets was in
troduced into China.-C Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13

or let's off a Roman candle,
will draw immense crowds of
people. Now and then acct
dents occur and cable dis
patches record the dreadful
mangling or death of some
adventurous trainer. Re-
Gently a man who was styled
Salvador, the lion-tamer, was
so terribly mangled that he
died. 1t turned out that he
had been a musician in a band
at a salary of five dollars a
week, and for the sake of an
increase of three dollars a
week, he had tried his hand
at lion tanning, having moth
ing to qualify him for the
task but his audacity, and the
result was that he was soon
done for. The king of French
lion-tamers is Bidel, who has
accumulated a fortune by his
exhibitions, and lives in fine
style in a fashionable Partisan
suburb. Everywhere about
his house are lions in emblem
in stone on the new brick
gates, and In bronze on the
knockers and bell pulls. A
correspondent of the London
Pail Mall Gazette recently in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
England and Rome In DsoIins.

We cannot fail, if we direct our thoughts
to the subject, to be struck with the analogy
between our great empire and that of ancient
Rome, and at the same time without being
pessimists, to feel that there is grave cause
for anxiety lest we should share the same
fate and crumble away to nothingness and
become mere name and page, though a
large and important one in history. Hseems
as if we are destined, as the Romans were
on reaching the zenith of our fame and pros
perity, to relapse into state of apathy, in
difference and luxury, and to commit that
most fatal error of living on the reputation
we have gained and the success we have
achieved among the nations of the earth.
There can be no doubt that when the OBJ
stacles have been overcome, and when the
struggle for existence and for greatness
has been triumphantly concluded, nations
are apt to give way to a longing for rest, the
accumulation of wealth, and the enjoyment
of luxury.-LOndon Saturday Revieso.
The devil quotes Scripture for his own
anAa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
BEACoNS.


From many friendly shore,
From many headland steep,
They throw their warning light across
The wild and dreary deep.
The wave-tossed mariner
Through mountain pillows dark,
With faith unwavering steadily steers
His frail yet trusty bark.
He knows some beacon light
Soon DER his path will shine
Some warning ray to guide his helm,
Lit by the Hand Divine.
And so along our way,
As voyagers DER the sea,
Are beacon lights to turn our feet
From sin and misery.
Oh, that the young would heed,
While sailing DER life's main,
These bright and glowing rays of love,
Nor let them shine in vain
Those steady beacon stars
That burn on every shore
To light our hayward spirit barks
To Heavens very door!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
CHAFF.
CHAFF.
The Hot Season-Mustard.

The Hot Season-Mustard.
There is striking popularity about labor
unions.
Chiropody is an ancient art We read in
English history of William the corn curer.
The farmer is the only man who can 'go
to seed" without occasioning disparaging re-
mark.
fession from prisoner. They should wait
until he is sober.
If Indian tribes were to adopt heraldic de-
vices three balls would doubtless figure on
the Pawnees coat-of- arms.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
A Persevering Prince.

Five years ago the Italian crown prince
Victor Emmanuel, then under thirteen years
of age, saw beautiful coral necklace in q
jewelers. window in Venice. Finding that
he did not have enough money to buy it, he
made bargain with the jeweler to pay for
it in installments. 1t was two years before
he succeeded in paying for the necklace,
which he then presented to his mother, Queen
Marguerite PHILADELPHIA Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13

Performances Of wild beasts are very
popular in France. To see man enter
cages of wild animals, making them leap
through hoops and over sticks at his bid
ding, cause them to lie quiet while he
stands on their backs and fires pistol,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
JoHNNY's CORRECTION,

Johnny, come here this minutep' ex-
claimed Mrs. Snooper.
"Yawpp' replied Johnny; Ppm comm"
Don't you know better than to use such
an ugly word as 'yawpr"
"Well, yep, then"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
The Triumph Of Science.

An elderly man with an excited nose yes
terday afternoon stood and looked intently
and admiringly at police patrol-box which
was surmounted by gas-lamp. Then he be-
Was talking about. aThat's a big improve.
ment over the old plan, where fellow had
to hold up lamp post when he lost his
reckoning and fetched up against it. Now he
gets inside and the thing holds him up.
This is getting to be great country"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
HOW TO GET HE-NO TEA.

u sou are a DEALER, torits to Martin GiAet
d Co., Baltimore, Nd, and they tOiH send you trade
prices and terms.
U you are CONSUMER, and your dealer or
grocer does not Keep IT, then send to Martin Gtllet
d Co., Baltimore, Nd, In postage stamps or other
,Oiss. rs cents for 10. package, 40 cents for XD.
package, or 20 cents for xD. package. This " the
retail price, and they sOia send yos, prepaid b.
mall The quantity ordered, tO,th JuH tnstruettons
KARTIN GILLET d co.,
Estaolishsd ISL,
Baitimors. Nd.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
HOT-,yEATHER MUSINGS.


WHAT HE WAS.
"Did you ever!' exclaimed Mrs. Nc
Corkle.
whats the matter now?" asked Nc
Corkle.
"Why, old Jenkinson has been married
again. / declare if that doesn't make his
eighth wife"
docs it? He must be regular fasten-
Fighter"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13

be clean +; but they are not. You can
walk along the waters edge and come
across lot of Neapolitan fisher boys.
They may be entirely nude, and as black
as the sun can burn them, yet they never
think or seem to care to go into the
water. JOHN S. SHRIVER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
THE FATHER OF THE FOREST.

THE FATHER OF THE FOREST.
He-Isn't the oak called the father of the
forest, Miss Mabel?
She-I believe it is.
He-But there is another which has a far
better claim to the title.
She-Indeedl What is it?
He-The paw-paw.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
In NAPLES.
THE LOVE OF ITALIANS FOR MUSIC
AND MUSICIANS.

Travellers Startled by the Number of
Strolling Players-Men Who Make a
Business of Picking Up Cigar Stumps-
Laziness and the Consequent Beggary.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13

81 hear you are going to college this fall
Snooper?'
eyes, Shocks, am"
Reading up for it now, I supposeT
eyes, have already got the baseball guide
down fine, and will soon begin an exhaustive
treatise on football"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13


are what the scav-
engers are search
ing for all night,
and the Quits"
found are sold to
the government
and are made over
again into "fresh"
cigars. The Ital-
ians love music,
and everywhere in
the small cafes or
wine shops at
night one hears
all sorts of music.
During the day
the Italian organ
grinder, like his
brother in Amer
lea, is seen and
heardin the street.
But, unlike the
ones we know so
well who carry
their organ and
a monkey, too,
these Neapolitan
organ g FINDERS
have their organs
on wheels, and it
takes two men to
run the mach
inc )" one grinds,
the other collects
the money. But the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
THE LION tanner.
CROWDS WHICH ATTEND HIS
PERFORMANCES.

An Interesting Talk with Bidel, the French
man, Who Has Grown Rich in This
Risky Business Entering Cages When
n Child-First Trouble with . Tiger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
Especial C0rresDondence.l

NAPLES, July 23.-If you should
happen to be out at night in this
city, and chance to see a faint light
glimmering in the distance like a will
O. the wisp, yet, unlike that strange
optic vision, see the light approach you,
and notice that it was swinging to and
fro between the curb of the pavement
and the middle of the street, don't be
alarmed-you can put your mind to rest;
for you neither have drank too heartily
nor are you on shipboard. The light
itself moves and not you. What is it?
Why, little lantern on long string and
held by dirty, raggedly dressed man.
Often in a nights walk in any Italian
town you see these men with their swing
ing lanterns peering into cutters and
dark corners, looking for-what?
Cigar stumps.
Oftentimes these cigar scavengers
carry large basket with them and pick
up other things besides cigar stumps, but
their profession" is finding Quits"
The government of Italy has the monop-
oily of tobacco, and the cigars are chiefly
made of the vilest stuff you ever smoked
They are long and thin, about the
thickness of an ordinary penholder, and
some six or eight inches in length. The
majority have long straw or paper
mouthpiece, and this, added to the cigar
proper, makes it look like long lance
in mans mouth, and in turning a
corner suddenly you might come in con-
tact with the lighted end of a cigar
before you saw. the smoker The stumps
of these wonderfully but exceed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13
Where Can | Get Good Tea ?"

h order to give an intslltgibs ~
spouse to the inquiry Where can get
good Tsaf" It Is only desired to know
that tho article Of commerce which 100
call tea Is simply the leaves of the tea
plant passed through a process not more
difficult than the making Of good but
ter. The difference 6etaoeen good tea
andpoor tea In large measure depends
upon the age Of the leaf-that IS,
the young and tender teaues which
spromt in the spring are full Of juice
and sap. II is these that make good tea.
litter the same leaf may haze groacn
for say three toceks, It soiU be much
larger of course, but wiU not produce
that delicate favor and rich strength
that the same leaf ,ohen young ,Oould.
Many teas imported into this country
sre made from the nsatured leaves be-
cause they make more tsae They are al
most worthless, the Leaves after Infusion
being dark, i,sstpid and fiat to the taste,
,Ohile on the contrary the young leaf Of
a fine tea like He-No IS soft, tender,
fragrant and p,sngent to thspalate, and
e is Just because He-No Is made IN the
early spring, and before the leaf has
attained its full gro,cth, that Il has tho
quality which zoe claim for Il. Ono
pound Of tender young leaves possesses
more real tea extract than too or three
pounds Of old leaves. Ifyou Oiu look
at a sample Of He No tea, you mill find
Il Is a mall leaf and much broken, as
the storskeeper WOULD sag, dusty and
ugly, no style or appearance" and It
Is just because il is young and tender
that IL Is broker, up. The question may
be asked why are not all leaves for tea
making gathered achen they are young
snd juicy. Simply bccause bush, for
instance, that soiH yield say a quarter Of
pound Of young leaves, II these are
permitted to remain on the bush for tao
or three ,Oeeks longer they s0iH make ono
or tao pounds Of leaves. RS the same
old story Of "quantity not quality"
Hs-No tea Is no longer an experiment,
but an assured success, and this 70 at
tested By the attention Il has attracted
at all the large srpositions held in the
South and West for the past Javs years.
Imitation 10 the sincerest Flattery.
The best proof that He-No Tea has
Ii
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-13

The devil quotes Scripture for his own
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
A FLEET IN FLAMES.
Million Dollar Fire At the Cairo
Wharf.
Tn. CITY Of hatcher. the II. s. Hayes and
-Four Barges Destroyed-i'osS 10 'ho IN
suranee Men Very Heavy.

c,tno In. Dec. 2s.-Fire at o o'clock
MS MORNING destroyed the Mississippi VAL
Law TRANSPORTATION steamer X. =. Hayes
and four bargcs and the Anchor Line
steamer City OF Eatchcz while lying at inc
bank. The fire is supposed to have origl-
mated in the aft cabin OF tho steamer
Hayes. soon enyeloping the whole Doat,
burning her to the waters edge The hre
spread to the City Of Natchez, lying
just below tho Hayes, and in
few moments she too was
mass OF flames. The barges
along side the Hayes, londed with cotton,
soda ash and sundrics, also took fre ana
were completely destroyed. Nothing but
the wrecks Of the burned hulls remain
The City OF Natchez was built at JEFFERSON
willie three years ago and was valued at
SlOOoo0. She was one OF the finest boats on
tho Mississippi. The Hayes was built by
the Valley Company about Ave years ago
and valued ut about $1,000.
The loss OF tho Valley 5arges
and contents will make tho total
loss reach about 100000, The insurance
is heavy, but II is not known at the present
time. A strong northwest wind at the
time Of the fire held the boats into the bank
nnd prevented tugs from saving the fleet.
Two barges lying on the outside OF
those burned were cut loose and towed TO
safe hhrbor by tugs. The wrecked burn
ing hulls are being towed to the other side
of the river and boached.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
OVER THE OCEAN.
Russia and Germany Reported to
Have Signed an Alliance. .
Two Hundred Lives Lost by the Great
Snow Storm In Germany.

LONDON, Dee. 3O.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Times afIirms that he has infor-
nation from an undoubted source that
Russia and Germany signed direct al
lance fortnight ago. 'The Gar" adds
the correspondent, .was decided in taking
this course by the attitude manifested to-
ward Russia by Count Kalnoky, Austro-
Hungarian Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
and by the expectation that M. Floquet
would be made Prime Minister of France.
This shows" concludes the correspondent,
"that the reported alliance between Russia
and France was but chimera."
vienna, Dec. 3O.--It is rumored here that
Russia and Turkey have agreed to send a
joint ultimatum TO Bulgaria, ordering the
Government TO comply with their demands
under pain Of the occupation OF Roanieiia.
Nothing definite has been received from
the Prince Of Mingrelia. Odessa telegrams,
however, report that intimate friends Of
the Prince have received more hopeful
news, presumably from the Prince himself.
BERLIN, Dec. 3O.-The removal OF the
snow which fell in the late storm has re-
vealed an appalling loss Of life. Many
travellers were overtaken by the storm.
Fifty bodies have been found in Saxony,
thirty in Thuringia and forty Ia South
ern Germany 1t is estimated that the
total loss Of life will be nearly two hun
dred
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
UNDER THE DOME.
The Body of John A. Logan Laid In statt
in the Isotunda Of the Capitol.

The Body of John A. Logan Laid In etate
In the Rotunda Of the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90.-The funeral cor
tege reached the capitol at /; ;30. The in
terror Of the vast dome was tastefully
draped and upon the spot where many who
have made their mark in America history
have lain In state rested the bier to receive
the casket Of the dead Senator. The con-
mittee and the honorary pall-bearers filed
Ia. forming as they halted double
line beween which the casket
was borne to it's place OF
state. The pall-bearers retired and the
spectators were requested to withdraw.
When at two o'clock the doors were again
opened, the lid Of the casket had been re
moved, military guards of honor, fully uni
formed and accoutred, stood at rest at the
head and foot and on either side OF the cas-
ket, while lines of Grand Army men were
drawn UP from door to door, between
which thousands Of people passed to view
the remains.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
FoTHERINaHAM ALSO.
Oscar Cook Says the Messenger Got Ten
Thousand Dollars ms His Share.

oscar Cook Says the Messenger Got Ten
Thousand Dollars ms His Share.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30-Specials from Leav-
enworth and Kansas City state that os-
car Cook made confession yesterday in
which he stated that Fotheringham,
the express messenger, who is now
in jail, charged with completely in the
robbery, knew all about the plan
TO rob his car, and was will
ling victim to the attack of the
robber. 1t is said that he was promised
$1,000 Of the amount stolen us his share of
the booty, and that sum was apart Of the
money which Fred. Wittrock sent to his
mother for safe keeping. A special from
Kansas City states il was the intention OF
the conspirators to rob the car on the night
Of October 22d, and that the first Jim
Cummings letter was written before that
time and dated on that day. On that night,
however, there was not enough money in
the car to pay the robbers for their trou-
BILE, and their plan was not finally carried
out until the 25th.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
EuneraIs il lhe Senate chamber.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-Since 1859, when
the Senate vacated it's old quarters in the
Capitol, now used by the Supreme Court
and ,ook possession OF the new north wing
there have been Ave funerals from the
chamber. The first was the funeral Of
Hon Thos. Hicks Senator from Maryland,
which occurred ON the 10Th OF February,
1895 Hon. solomon Foote Of Vermont,
was the nextP,Senator who died while
Congress was in session. Funeral
services over the remains were held
in the chamber on the 29th of
March, lsG3 On the 18th of March, 1874,
the mortal remains OF Hon. Charles Sum-
ner, Senator from Massachusetts,, were
borne into the Senate Chamber for funeral
rites. The next funeral at the Senate was
that OF Vice President Henry Wilson, which
took place on November ~, 1875. On the
18th OF last March the remains of Senator
Miller, of California, were taken from the
Senate Chamber to the grave. The next
funeral service will be that of John A. Lo-
gan on Friday.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
FREEZING TO DEATH.
Five Men In Open Boats In Jamaica Bag
Who win Likely Perish.

five Men In open boats In Jafnhich D1y
Who win Likely Perish.
RocKAwAY BEACH, l.. L. Jau. 2-Great
fears are entertained here for the safety OF
five unknown men who are out in open
boats, hemmed in BY ice in the middle
Of Jamaica Bay. II is almost an inn
possibility for them TO survive tho
exposure much longer, and, unless
extricated very soon, they will be frozen
to death. Three OF the men, who were
evidently on duck-shooting expedition,
boarded train for Rockaway Beach at
the Aqueduct Station, where they hired
boat at the dock and rowed out halfway
across the bay toward Rifle Bar, when the
tide began to run out, causing large guam
titles Of ice TO surround them and prevent
their making any headway. The men, as
well as could be seen from the shore, made
great efforts TO get out OF their unfortunate
predicament, but up TO $50 o'clock this
evening they had made but little he adway,
and were being carried toward the inlet
by the tide They have already been out
four hours. The other two men are sup
posed TO be from q restaurant which, is
situated on an island about mile from the
seaside dock, endeayored to reach the
beach in small row-boat, but they also
got caught in the ice about Q o'clock
this afternoon, and are still unable to reach
land. 1t is feared that the two men will
succumb to the terrible cold TO which they
are exposed. The men at the Seaside land
ing and other points adjacent to that por-
tion of the bay have used every effort TO
aid the unfortunate men, but the large
quantity of ice floating inshore makes 1t
impossible to take q boat through IL.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
5000 600 Beouost 10 Harvard.

BosroS, Dec. 2s- Harvard College re-
ceiyos some $4,000 from the viii OF John
o. a. williams, which was filed in the Suf-
folk County Probate Court 10 day. The cs-
tate iS left in trust, aud after the bequest
Of several lcgacies, when the residue shall
have reached $4,000 II is TO be givon TO
the President AMI Fellows Of Harvard Col
lego. The sum Of 5000 is to be set apart
and known rs the Abraham Williams fund,
in memory of the testator's father and
grandfather, the latter being member Of
tho Class OF l7A, Tho fund of sioDOoD is
10 be used in aiding needy and meritorious
students, who are TO consider such aid rs
debts Of honor, and also for the library OF
the college
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
LOUISA LAWRENCE co. KY. JANUARY g. 1887
CONFESSED.
wIttrock wenkens and Tells the whole
story-Large Amount of the Money Re-
nnverad

wittrock Wenkens and Tells the whole
Story-Iarge Amount of the Money Re-
covered.
LEAvEYwoRTH, KAN, Dec. 29.-W Wittrocl<,
one OF the men arrested on the charge OF
robbing the Adams Express car some
weeks ago, was brought here last evening.
To-day ho weakened, and has made full
confession Of the robbery, but II can not be
stated who are his accomplices. A large
amount OF money has been recovered, II
having been concealed in box under
barn. near the house. The detectives were
taken to the spot last night and the box
dug up II was brought TO this city by
Cook, and concealed by him and three
other young men, whose names are not
now known. The amount Of money re-
covered is stated to be $4,000,
CHICAGO, Dee 29.--It is stated that con-
vincing proofs OF Haightis completely In
the Frisco express robbery is in posses
sion of the Pinkertons, and there is no
longer doubt that Haight was the in
stigator Of the crime, and Weaver and
Wittrock were his partners. II was
Baight, II is said, who conceived the idea
Of writing TO J. i. Barrett, the route
agent, In order TO get a copy OF that
gontleman's letter heads. Haight also
had the bogus business cards
with the name o. W. II. Dam
sell, Superintendent, on them. 1ne Pink
crtons have learned that the plotlers tried
10 have these letter heads and caros printed
in st. Louis, but they were either afraid To
or could not do so, and they had the work
done in this city by firm that has admit
ted il TO the detectives, and told still fur
thcr that Haight was the man who gave
the order II was on these letter head;
and cards that the orders were written ant
used as a means to get Wittrock on board
the express car with Fotheringham
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-06
BURNED IN A COLLISION.
Twelve or Fifteen Lives Lost In Southern
~, Pacific Accident

GALVESTON, Jan. "A special to the
Neus from San Antonio says; ''The Of
ficials and employees Of the Southern Pa
cifc railroad still refuse to give any in
formation regarding the collision last
Friday evening of freight train and
construction train in deep cut near
Devils river. Twelve or fifteen lives
were lost, nearly oil the persons
killed being Mexicans. The names Of
the people killed could not be ascer-
tanned, as the men connected with the road
refuse to give any information whatever.
-Four or five dead bodies from the wreck
were brought in last evening, and several
OF the MANNED passed through, en- route to
Columbus for treatment at the railroad
hospital, When the trains collided they
caught fire, and two cars and a locomotive
were burned up. Most of the killed and
wounded received their injuries by being
burned.